An elaborate woodcut title border in the Renaissance style. At the top, two winged putti recline on an architectural pediment. The central text is framed by two ornate Corinthian columns. At the base, two figures flank a central heraldic shield: on the left, a soldier in classical armor holding a tall banner; on the right, a bearded "wild man" or Hercules-like figure, also holding a banner. The shield at the bottom center is mostly blank, showing only a faint cross or star-like mark.

ALCHE

MY

OF GEBER THE ARAB

the most skillful philosopher, the

Books, along with the Rest, as the

following page will indicate.

Johannes Petreius of Nuremberg had this

printed again at Bern. In the Year

1545.

I am a friend to the highest world. original: "Amicus orbi summe." This handwritten addition suggests the owner's philosophical or mystical alignment with the macrocosm.